Camden | 11 months

We’re officially in the home stretch now as Camden turns one in just a few short weeks. Everyone says that once you have kids, time flies by. I guess I just couldn’t believe it. But in all honesty, I feel like it’s been nothing but a blur. You blink and you miss it. It seems just yesterday that I was counting the minutes between contractions. And now, he’s not only here, but he’s a beautiful, healthy, almost walking, kind of talking, perfect little boy. And I can’t remember what life was like before him nor can I imagine what our lives would be like without him. I tell him every single day how lucky we are to have him in our lives. Because we are. And I know this year hasn’t been easy. It’s tough raising a baby when all you know is raising dogs. The ear infections, the viruses, the upcoming eye surgery…there is nothing to prepare you for that. But the love you have for them gets you through. That and the smiles and the “uh-ohs” and the “go-gos”. And this face. This face is what has made this all worthwhile.And that’s what helps me get through these last few weeks of Camden as a true baby.

Thank you for sitting through each of these monthly blog posts….allowing me to share my sweet little Camden here. To show him grow and change and turn into the amazingly adorably perfect little boy that he’s become.

Katie,it was only yesterday that I would place you on my chest and sit in the recliner to get you back to sleep after who knows what awakened you. . . . and then it was Jennifer being held so she could sleep peacefully . . . . then it was just Mom and I reliving those wonderful moments as we watch you and Camden and Ashley living your wonderful moments. YOU CAN NEVER SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN!

I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of you. You’ve become a wonderful mother, one that is patient, loving, caring, and so very giving. You have truly given this precious baby so much. The pictures you take of him ooze with the love that he receives at home. His smile, his quirkly but personable expressions, his laugh, are all the end results of selfless love and devotion. He is beautiful in every sense of the word and you and Ashley have to be very proud of the fact that you’ve helped create what he is. He couldn’t have asked for better parents!
P.S. The first photo is my very favorite!

I absolutely *love* the shot of him leaning against the wall! He looks so….cocky! LOL absolutely adorable.
I can’t believe he’s about to be a year old, either. Time does not slow down after this, either…if anything, it just keeps flying faster and faster and before you know it you’re looking at preschools. I-yi-yi!

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